Lightning Fatalities in 2013

In 2013, there were 23 lightning fatalities in 14 states:
4 in Florida and Arizona, 2 in Illinois, Kentucky and Texas

No.

Date

Day

ST

City

Age

Sex

Location

Activity

Victim

1

4/23

Tue

MO

Pomona

57

F

In yard under trees

Connie Lou Wake

2

5/10

Fri

LA

Lake Charles

41

M

In boat on lake

Fishing

Cleve Manard

3

5/21

Tue

TX

Lufkin

32

F

Outside restaurant

Standing

Meshell Foxworth

4

5/26

Sun

IL

Shelbyville

29

M

In boat on river

Fishing

Jonathon D. Olisio

5

5/28

Tue

FL

Belleair

51

F

On beach

Walking

Phyllis Kalinowski

6

5/30

Thu

IL

Downers Grove

17

F

In park

Jennie Dizon

7

6/8

Sat

FL

Lake Okeechobee

57

M

In boat on lake

Fishing

Aaron E. Singleton

8

6/26

Wed

FL

Naples

35

M

Scaffolding

Climbing down

Robert Wiley

9

7/1

Mon

CA

Dardanelle

66

F

Campground

Camping

Christine Ann Adrian

10

7/7

Sun

NY

Ancram

26

M

Under tree by lake

Standing, parking lot

Daniel Quirk

11

7/19

Fri

AZ

Navajo County

54

M

Edge of reservoir

Walking

Frank Marin

12

7/22

Mon

GA

Bainbridge

21

M

Road

Near farm job

Mauselio Gomes

13

7/23

Tue

AZ

Fredonia

30

M

Scenic Overview

Tourism/honeymoon

Aram Kawewong

14

7/23

Tue

AZ

Fredonia

30

F

Scenic Overview

Tourism/honeymoon

Ratchaya Tantranon

15

8/21

Wed

KY

Madison County

25

M

In barn

Hanging tobacco

Scotty Elam, Jr.

16

8/21

Wed

KY

Madison County

29

M

In barn

Hanging tobacco

Bobby Lee Maggard

17

8/25

Sun

OR

Madras

50

M

Under tree

Just off motorcycle

Bret Hemenway

18

8/26

Mon

MN

Sturgeon Lake

53

M

Near tree

Headed to vehicle

Michael McGee

19

9/1

Sun

SC

Union

50

M

Under tree

Working on truck

Steven Bucknell

20

9/2

Mon

FL

Miami

31

M

Under tractor trailer

Power washing

Andres Telles

21

9/5

Thu

TX

San Antonio

8

M

Backyard

Playing

Mohammad Algargaz

22

9/19

Thu

IN

Gary

28

M

On billboard

Working

Angelo Santucci

23

9/20

Fri

AZ

Big Lake

30

M

In canoe

Fishing

Drew Pearson

Lightning Fatalities for 2013 by State

2013 Lightning Fatality Demographics

State

Gender

Age

Day Of Week

By Month

AZ

4

M

17 (74%)

0-9

1 (4%)

Sun

4 (17%)

13

12

11

10

09

08

07

06

Norm*

CA

1

F

6 (26%)

10-19

1 (4%)

Mon

4 (17%)

Jan

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

FL

4

20-29

6 (26%)

Tue

5 (22%)

Feb

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

GA

1

30-39

6 (26%)

Wed

3 (13%)

Mar

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

IL

2

40-49

1 (4%)

Thu

3 (13%)

Apr

1

2

0

0

1

0

1

3

2

IN

1

50-59

7 (30%)

Fri

3 (13%)

May

5

0

1

4

2

2

5

5

6

KY

2

60-69

1 (4%)

Sat

1 (4%)

Jun

2

3

5

7

12

10

14

10

11

LA

1

70-79

0 (0%)

Jul

6

13

9

11

11

14

10

16

16

MN

1

80-89

0 (0%)

Aug

4

7

6

4

3

0

9

7

11

MO

1

Sep

5

2

4

2

4

1

5

4

5

NY

1

Oct

1

1

1

1

0

2

2

1

OR

1

Nov

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SC

1

Dec

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TX

2

Year

23

29

26

29

35

29

47

48

53

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

* - Known Fatalities to date
**Unknown

Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 51 deaths per year (1984-2013) multiplied by the average monthly percentage of annual deaths from 1959-1994 as documented in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-193 with Dec 1961 plane crash fatalities removed from the data.